News Photos

Caption:
Pupa Gilbert, a professor of physics, holds an abalone shell on June 18, 2007,
in her office in Chamberlin Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gilbert
and her colleagues are studying how the microscale architecture of mother-of-pearl,
the iridescent material that lines abalone shells, makes it 3,000 times more
fracture-resistant than its mineral building blocks. Gilbert's former publication
name is Gelsomina De Stasio.Photo by: Jeff MillerDate: June 2007300 DPI JPEG

Caption: Pupa Gilbert, a professor of physics, poses on June
18, 2007, in her office in Chamberlin Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Gilbert's former publication name is Gelsomina De Stasio.Photo by: Jeff MillerDate: June 2007300 DPI JPEG

Caption: Pupa Gilbert, a professor of physics, poses on June
18, 2007, in her office in Chamberlin Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Gilbert's former publication name is Gelsomina De Stasio.Photo by: Jeff MillerDate: June 2007300 DPI JPEG

Caption: Pupa Gilbert, a professor of physics, holds an abalone
shell on June 18, 2007, in her office in Chamberlin Hall at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison. Gilbert and her colleagues are studying how the microscale
architecture of mother-of-pearl, the iridescent material that lines abalone
shells, makes it 3,000 times more fracture-resistant than its mineral building
blocks. Gilbert's former publication name is Gelsomina De Stasio.Photo by: Jeff MillerDate: June 2007300 DPI JPEG

Caption: Light reflects from the semi-transparent layers of
mother-of-pearl, the iridescent material that lines abalone shells, on June
18, 2007, in the office of University of Wisconsin-Madison physics professor
Pupa Gilbert. Gilbert and her colleagues are studying how the microscale architecture
of mother-of-pearl makes it 3,000 times more fracture-resistant than its mineral
building blocks. Gilbert's former publication name is Gelsomina De Stasio.Photo by: Jeff MillerDate: June 2007300 DPI JPEG

Caption: Light reflects from the semi-transparent layers of
mother-of-pearl, the iridescent material that lines abalone shells, on June
18, 2007, in the office of University of Wisconsin-Madison physics professor
Pupa Gilbert. Gilbert and her colleagues are studying how the microscale architecture
of mother-of-pearl makes it 3,000 times more fracture-resistant than its mineral
building blocks. Gilbert's former publication name is Gelsomina De Stasio.Photo by: Jeff MillerDate: June 2007300 DPI JPEG

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